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An associate with the Sinaloa Cartel has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.
Roberto Velaquez Martinez, 39, of Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico, conspired with others to import and distribute the cocaine into the United States on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow imposed the 136-month prison sentence Tuesday.
Velazquez Martinez traveled to Chicago in the fall of 2018, according to federal authorities.
He arranged a multi-kilogram cocaine shipment with Columbian drug traffickers who were actually U.S. law enforcement agents undercover.
Velazquez Martinez fled the U.S. after a failed cocaine deal in Stickney on Dec. 4, 2018. He was arrested in 2019 in Peru and extradited to the U.S. in 2020.
Velazquez Martinez pleaded guilty earlier this year to a drug conspiracy charge.
11 years for 40 keys !! Phfff what a joke !!
ReplyDeleteDo you think 40 keys is really that much though? It ain’t exactly peanuts but someone dealing in multiple keys usually is not that far removed from even the retail-level dealers.
DeleteWhen is the Mexican government going to arrest Ismael Zambada García, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, and the Chapitos?
ReplyDeleteWhen the CIA and DEA stops needing money from them.
DeleteExactly that’s never
DeleteI guess when they want disorganized chaos? …how is taking out every top boss not going to come back and bite them on the ass? And that’s a genuine question. How can we/they expect to take out a cartel leader without a serious and cascading fragmentation in these organizations? People often cite the “kingpin strategy” in regards to Pablo Escobar but the truth is that his cartel was really no longer “his” anymore even before getting killed. He had already lost it all due to his own actions and sloppiness in his later years.
DeleteTraffic a few keys and they lock you up. Traffic a few tons and they give you a podcast.
ReplyDelete10 years for over 40 keys? Avg American doing time for more than even less than a key are seeing 15-30 years…
ReplyDeleteNo one getting 15 years for a kilo in 2023 in America.
DeleteMaybe ones that already have a bulky criminal history and/or got disproportionate charges due to some states having 3 strikes laws get notably more than usual but it’s definitely not normal to do THAT much time for 1 kilo. 30 years? Come on dude. This ain’t the 1970s anymore.
This the guy that corrido from Los Alegres is for “Los Vientos de Durango”
ReplyDelete@6:13 I love los alegres. Great accordion work .
DeleteNope wrong el chino is from la shole
DeleteThat corrido isn’t for Chino or Chuy it’s for this guy. They have their own corridos
Delete11 years... menos buena conducta y rehabilitation programs biene saliendo como 5 anios mas 2 de probation afuera.... he got a good deal... definitely a rat....
ReplyDeleteThat’s a shit deal. A rat would typically get that down to almost nothing, if they’re actually ratting. In fact most rats get everything dropped entirely. They likely wouldn’t even have to testify. I don’t know what prisons are like where you’re at but prison in America is typically hell so 11 years is a lot even though we know they’ll only serve like 8 of those years probably. Even a few months locked up is nothing to take lightly.
DeleteWrong....Looks like you never been to a federal prison... they are way nicer and you are practically free...... 7 years for 40ks of yay...its definitely a rat...
DeleteChicago is full of Durangos
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